Worst WWII Movie Ever?

[Kernel Crittenden]

I thought The Hurt Locker was pretty bad, especially considering all the acclaim it received. That "special mission" or what ever, they ran at night was coo-coo. Main character sneaking around after dark all alone -- could of never happened. The sniper scene in the desert. Give me a break, totally unbelievable. Some good scenes, but so much was wrong.....

I often wonder why Hollywood makes the terrible war films that it does. When it would be just as easy to make a good movie. Huge budgets, fantastic special effects, detailed period correct props, great locations, high paid actors, famous directors, talented writers..... and they make garbage, time and time again.

Why? Why do they do it?

 

[Big Stick]

I thought The Hurt Locker was pretty bad, especially considering all the acclaim it received. That "special mission" or what ever, they ran at night was coo-coo. Main character sneaking around after dark all alone -- could of never happened. The sniper scene in the desert. Give me a break, totally unbelievable. Some good scenes, but so much was wrong.....

I often wonder why Hollywood makes the terrible war films that it does. When it would be just as easy to make a good movie. Huge budgets, fantastic special effects, detailed period correct props, great locations, high paid actors, famous directors, talented writers..... and they make garbage, time and time again.

Why? Why do they do it?

They are appealing to the broadest group they can..... or in other words, the "lowest common denominator"...... What percentage of the typical audience knows that there is no such thing as a 30 second burst of sustained automatic fire from a 30 rd mag?

 

[Arik]

They are appealing to the broadest group they can..... or in other words, the "lowest common denominator"...... What percentage of the typical audience knows that there is no such thing as a 30 second burst of sustained automatic fire from a 30 rd mag?

Yes....this ....in a way. Most people go for the story and the action not for correct props. Not everyone is into details or is even interested if the tank or the rifles or even the helmets are correct. Just like not everyone is into cars or airplanes. I'm sure some of you guys are into cowboy stuff and could tell what's what and what's wrong in cowboy movies. I like cowboy movies but I have no interest in the guns. I wouldn't be able to tell if the gun was period correct or even real.

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[petepeterson]

It wasn't ment to be historical.

I liked it. Cool story, good acting

The guy that plays the head Nazi is a show-stopper. I had to remember to breathe after he had strudel with the girl that owned the theater.

 

[Arik]

The guy that plays the head Nazi is a show-stopper. I had to remember to breathe after he had strudel with the girl that owned the theater.

Christoph Waltz. He was also very good in Django unchained.

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[Targets Guy]

And I thought it was just me... what a piece of total ****.
My first post BTW. Great to be here.

Jim

Welcome to the forum. And I agree with you on this movie. A real disappointment.

 

[DWalt]

Lee Harvey Oswald was captured in the Texas Theater in Dallas shortly after the JFK assassination. Playing that day was a double bill, Cry of Battle and War Is Hell. Both were low budget stinkers. Perhaps those are the two most notorious bad war movies.

 

[JSR III]

As I often say to my wife, "It's only a movie", let me say that again louder, "IT'S ONLY A MOVIE". Don't tell anyone but Superman can't really fly either...

 

[Texasgordo]

The guy that plays the head Nazi is a show-stopper. I had to remember to breathe after he had strudel with the girl that owned the theater.

The music that plays when the other Nazi yelled out his name was awesome.

 

[Arik]

As I often say to my wife, "It's only a movie", let me say that again louder, "IT'S ONLY A MOVIE". Don't tell anyone but Superman can't really fly either...

Neh neh.....they shouldn't make a superman movie cause there are morons who believe anything Hollywood puts out

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[the ringo kid]

I saw Men at War a few months back, and it sure doesn't seem as good as it did a few decades ago. Beach Red, didn't like it. The Victors, where's the action? When I saw The Battle of the Bulge, back in the 60s, I just couldn't get over the fact that the Germans were driving American tanks.
Inglorious Basterds, I just can't make myself watch it. Too much development of the bad German character, and I have no interest watching Americans act like SS.
I compare MASH to Kelly's Heroes. They both are comedies, set during war, but MASH is not a war movie, it's a doctor movie. A man that my Dad knew, was in a MASH unit in Korea, and he said the operating room scenes were very much like the real thing.

I didnt care for Men at War either though it had a good cast. Good Korean War movies with grit: The Steel Helmet, A Hill in Korea (Hell in Korea) The Hunters, Pork Chop Hill, Target Zero, All Through the Night and there are others but cant think of their names off-hand?

Beach Red was lousy but I liked Cornel Wilds effort at trying to make it. The Victors only 'action' was in the bedroom.

tarantinos 'effort' sucked. The original sucked as well. Ive always said you cant make an Eagle out of a Turkey.

 

[the ringo kid]

Klaus Kinski has a limited repertoire and appeal.

As I recall, he was pretty good as the vampire in the remake of "Nosferatu". His better roles are mostly in things like "Fitzcarraldo" and "Aguirre, the Wrath of God", not really vehicles for the American mass market.

I take it slightly back. The only good movie ive seen him in was: Decision Before Dawn. He played aa very short role of a 'whiney" German soldier who was not selected by the Americans to be trained as a turncoat.

 

[cmort666]

When I was a kid in Chicago, I once saw (either on WGN or Channel 32) a Yugslav war movie that was so bad it was great.

It was about Yugoslav partisans fighting the Germans with the help of an American (Lex Barker?).

There were lots of evil but inept Germans. The German Blitzmadel villainess was hitting on the heroine and (I vaguely recall) ended up in a life raft in a mud puddle.

 

[cmort666]

I take it slightly back. The only good movie ive seen him in was: Decision Before Dawn. He played aa very short role of a 'whiney" German soldier who was not selected by the Americans to be trained as a turncoat.

If that's the one with Richard Basehart, it's been on on Encore (I think) a number of times recently.

 

[the ringo kid]

I don't remember the name of this dud but it took place in the Asian theater on as Island. The plot was that there was a troop of US GIs and a troop of Japs. They ended up calling a truce for a time and some of them became "friends". when the truce ended some of The Americans tried to Protect the Japs who were hell bent on killing them. The movie starred Frank Sinatra an I've never seen it run on TV probably because it's so bad.
Jim

None But the Brave. I liked it for the cast and have a double signed still from the movie. Brad Dexter and Clint Walker both signed it. I didnt think it was bad but i couldnt stand that Marine Lt.

 

[the ringo kid]

If that's the one with Richard Basehart, it's been on on Encore (I think) a number of times recently.

It is. It also has Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner, Hans-Christian Blech, Hildegard Knef and I forget who else? Been awhile since i last saw it. Rumor has been running for several years that hollywood was thinking of a remake. I HOPE not, because they would ruin it.

 

[walkin jack]

Pearl Harbor....they went for a war movie and wound up with a chick-flic.

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

I guess I'm not easily bored, I liked The Thin Red Line. Cinematography was absolutely beautiful and the story line was a good adaption of James Joyce's book. Do any amount of reading about the US involvement in the early half of WWII and you will find that TTRL is a fair depiction of how things went down. I agree that It does do a poor job of showing the level of hatred we had for the Japs because of their barbarity.
My vote for the worst is split between 1941 and Pearl Harbor. Just how does a fighter pilot end up flying a B25 off the deck of a carrier? Only in Hollywood!

John

 

[hoosierone]

IMO the last good WWII movie was Private Ryan. Maybe Hollywood recognizes that there aren't a whole lot of folks left who lived through those times and the current movie going generation doesn't have a clue.

Gotta mention "Bridge Too Far". The scene of the paratroopers loading into the C-47's and taking off were priceless. Also the British counter battery artillery was great.

 

[eveled]

My all time favorite WWII movie is the "big red one" I liked the way Lee Marvin's character spanned both world wars.

My favorite war movie is The Sand Pebbles, it is my only connection to my grandfather's service in China before WWII. He tried to re enlist after pearl harbor, but they gave him a spinal tap at his physical, sent him home on the T, it got infected and almost killed him.